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Being Roland Mouret

ROLAND MOURET is no longer Roland Mouret, at least, not in a professional sense. The Lourdes-born, London-based designer split from his business partner since 2000, Sharai Meyers, in November 2005 and since then has reinvented himself as RM.

"I have never spoken about it," the designer said. "The only thing I said to her was I didn't recognise her anymore. I understood then what a divorce was. I have been separated from people I loved, but there - the person I knew was not the person I had met. Not at all. It was shocking. We were both ruthless - I am quite ruthless anyway - but it was still surprising. I was like: 'Did I love you? Really?'"

Having signed away the rights to everything, including his own name - and having become no more than an employee of Roland Mouret, the man who created the decade-defining, figure-defining Galaxy dress searched for a new path. Reinvigorated and rejuvenated, Mouret returned to the fashion scene for autumn/winter 2009-10 - backed by music mogul Simon Fuller.